chore: sync actions from gh-aw@v0.85.1

setup/js/create_discussion.cjs

@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
     // Generate footer with expiration using helper
     if (includeFooter) {
       const footer = addExpirationToFooter(markdownParts.footer, expiresHours, "Discussion");
-      bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+      bodyLines.push(``, footer);
     }
 
     // Add standalone workflow-id marker for searchability (consistent with comments)

setup/js/create_issue.cjs

@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
         expiresHours,
         "Issue"
       );
-      bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+      bodyLines.push(``, footer);
     }
 
     // Add standalone workflow-id marker for searchability (consistent with comments)

setup/js/create_pull_request.cjs

@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ async function main(config = {}) {
         if (expiresHours > 0) {
           footer += "\n\n<!-- gh-aw-expires-type: pull-request -->";
         }
-        bodyLines.push(``, ``, footer);
+        bodyLines.push(``, footer);
         footerParts.push(footer);
       }
 

setup/js/messages_footer.cjs

@@ -736,7 +736,10 @@ function generateFooterWithMessages(workflowName, runUrl, workflowSource, workfl
   }
 
   // Attribution footer line comes after any guard notices
-  let footer = guardNotices + "\n\n" + getFooterMessage(ctx);
+  // Attribution footer line comes after any guard notices. Only add the separating
+  // blank line when guard notices are present, otherwise the footer would start with
+  // stray blank lines that render as a large gap after the body.
+  let footer = guardNotices ? guardNotices.trim() + "\n\n" + getFooterMessage(ctx) : getFooterMessage(ctx);
 
   // Add installation instructions if source is available
   const installMessage = getFooterInstallMessage(ctx);